On 1 December 2020, The Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled in Case C-815/18 Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging (FNV) v Van den Bosch Transporten BV and Others. The Court affirms that a worker who provides very limited services in the territory of the Member State, to which that worker is sent, cannot be regarded as ‘posted’ because there is no sufficient connection to this Member Sate
Nov
27
2020
EU: Commission proposes Directive on adequate minimum wages for workers in the EU
At the end of October, the Commission published its proposal for a Directive on adequate minimum wages for workers across Member States. The right to adequate minimum wages is established by Principle 6 of the European Pillar of Social Rights. In light of this, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen promised a legal instrument regarding minimum wages in the beginning of her mandate
Dec
01
2020
Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP Webinar – 2020: The Year (and, oh, what a year!) in Review
Date: Tuesday, 1st December 2020
Time: 9:00 am – 10:30 am EST
Duration: 90 Minutes
Perhaps more than any other year in history, 2020 has kept us all on our toes. For employers, this year brought the unprecedented challenge of managing business operations through a global pandemic, along with numerous significant developments in labour, employment, and human rights law. This engaging webinar will provide participants with an overview of key developments that occurred in 2020, and will offer insight into what employers can anticipate in the year ahead.
Topics covered in this webinar will include:
- Employment agreements: can employers effectively limit termination liability by way of contract?
- Incentive compensation: what might employees be entitled to receive post-termination?
- Overtime: are employers liable to pay for unauthorized overtime?
- Drugs and alcohol: how far does an employer’s duty to accommodate extend?
LSO CPD Hours: This program is eligible for up to 1.5 substantive hours.
To register, please visit: https://filion.on.ca/upcoming-seminars/seminars/2020-year-and-oh-what-year-review/
Speakers
- Bonnea Channe
- Janeta Zurakowski
- Tawanda Masimbe
- Clifton Yiu
Date and time:
December 1, 2020 9:00 am
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10:30 am
(EST)
Dec
03
2020
L&E Global Webinar: Data Privacy in Latin America – New Developments and Implications for the Multinational Employer.
Date: Thursday, 3 December 2020
Duration: 1 Hour
As Brazil adopts a major new data privacy framework with many echoes of GDPR, it reminds us that data privacy is an important issue in many countries in Latin America. In this webinar we will cover new developments in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, with focus on some of the most current concerns for multinationals: international data transfer, diversity and inclusion surveys, and special privacy considerations related to COVID-19.
We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:
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Speakers
- Pablo Palazzi (Allende & Brea in Argentina)
- Gabriela Lima (TozziniFreire Advogados in Brazil)
- Alejandro Castellanos (López & Asociados in Colombia)
- Jimena Sanchez (De La Vega & Martínez Rojas in México)
- Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in the USA)
Date and time:
December 3, 2020 1:00 pm
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2:00 pm
(-03)
Oct
20
2020
EU: ECtHR allows Restriction of Freedom of Expression of Teacher who made his Controversial Views Public
The European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) does not regard disciplinary sanction of teacher, who violated his duty of discretion, as a violation of the freedom of expression.
Oct
29
2020
GDPR & Employee Data Privacy – Recent Developments – L&E Global Webinar
Date: Thursday, 29 October 2020
Time: 12:00 PM CET
Duration: 1 hour
In this L&E Webinar we bring you snapshots of recent developments in the area of GDPR & Employee Data Privacy, seeking to share the latest information on relevant court cases and development of legislation in various jurisdictions, whilst also showing the very broad impact that data protection legislation can have across the globe.
The webinar will have a duration of 1 hour and is free of charge. You can register for the webinar clicking here and feel free to forward the invitation to any of your colleagues.
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Speakers
- Helena Tapp-Barroso (Morais Leitão in Portugal)
- Michael Witteler (Pusch Wahlig Workplace Law in Germany)
- Nicolas Simon (Van Olmen & Wynant in Belgium)
- Paula Nowak (Sobczyk & Partners Law Firm in Poland)
- Moderator: Stefania Stanciu (Magda Volonciu and Associates in Romania)
Date and time:
October 29, 2020 12:00 pm
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1:00 pm
(CET)
Sep
26
2020
European Union: CJEU destroys the EU-US Data Protection Shield: Employer Will Have to be More Careful when Transferring Personal Data to the US
In the Schrems II decision (C-311/18) of July 2020, the CJEU invalidates Commission Decision 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the “EU-US Data Protection Shield”. This means that personal data cannot be transferred quasi automatically to the US any longer, as the US does not provide an adequate level of data protection (which was the case according the Commission). This decision can have important implications for Multinational Enterprises when they, e.g. want to transfer employee data to their seats in the US.
Aug
28
2020
EU: Grand Chamber of the CJEU delivers a Serious Blow to Social Dumping Practices
The CJEU does not consider the Cyprus-based letter box company to be the employer of international lorry drivers in the Netherlands, for purposes of determining the applicable social security system.
Sep
22
2020
L&E Global Webinar: Restructuring in Asia-Pacific in the age of COVID-19
Experienced practitioners from Australia, China, India, Japan, and Singapore will share their perspectives on key issues facing multinational employers required to make organizational changes in light of COVID-19:
- COVID-related laws, regulations and programs which affect or alter the normal restructuring legal scheme
- Limitations or special provisions affecting economic dismissals
- Wage subsidies, salary reduction measures, work-sharing or other programs to avoid job loss
- Actual COVID restructuring experiences country-by-country
- Major restructuring events — what sectors, how large, what types of employees
- Major challenges legally as well as in public relations, governmental/political affairs, and labor relations
- Lessons learned and best practices
We invite you to view the final presentation of this webinar by clicking on the icon below:
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Speakers
- Thomas Choo (Clyde & Co Clasis in Singapore)
- Michael Harmers (Harmers Workplace Lawyers in Australia)
- Sowmya Kumar (Induslaw in India)
- Tatsuo Yamashima (Atsumi & Sakai in Japan)
- Carol Zhu (Zhong Lun in China)
- Moderator: John Sander (Jackson Lewis in USA)
Date and time:
September 22, 2020 12:00 am
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9:00 am
(UTC)
Jul
30
2020
Commission Launches Process to Guarantee Collective Bargaining for Self-Employed Workers
The Commission has launched a consultation process on the issue of the competition rules standing in the way of the possibility to engage in collective bargaining for certain self-employed workers, such as platform workers, in the On-Demand Economy, who could use this instrument to improve their working conditions.